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'''ANFO''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|n|f|oʊ}} {{respell|AN|foh}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/ANFO|title=ANFO {{!}} explosive|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref> (or '''AN/FO''', for '''ammonium nitrate/fuel oil''') is a widely used bulk industrial [[high explosive]]. It consists of 94% porous [[prill]]ed [[ammonium nitrate]] (NH<sub>4</sub>NO<sub>3</sub>) (AN), which acts as the oxidizing agent and absorbent for the fuel, and 6% number 2 [[fuel oil]] (FO).<ref>{{cite book |last=Cook |first=Melvin A. |title=The Science of Industrial Explosives |publisher=IRECO Chemicals |year=1974 |page=1 |asin=B0000EGDJT}}</ref> The use of ANFO originated in the 1950s.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/198577/explosive/82378/Ammonium-nitrate-fuel-oil-mixtures Encyclopædia Britannica]</ref>

'''ANFO''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|n|f|oʊ}} {{respell|AN|foh}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/ANFO|title=ANFO {{!}} explosive|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-05-04}}</ref> (or '''AN/FO''', for '''ammonium nitrate/fuel oil''') is a widely used bulk industrial [[high explosive]]. It consists of 94% porous [[prill]]ed [[ammonium nitrate]] (NH<sub>4</sub>NO<sub>3</sub>) (AN), which acts as the oxidizing agent and absorbent for the fuel, and 6% number 2 [[fuel oil]] (FO).<ref>{{cite book |last=Cook |first=Melvin A. |title=The Science of Industrial Explosives |publisher=IRECO Chemicals |year=1974 |page=1 |asin=B0000EGDJT}}</ref> The use of ANFO originated in the 1950s.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/198577/explosive/82378/Ammonium-nitrate-fuel-oil-mixtures Encyclopædia Britannica]</ref>



ANFO accounts for an estimated 90% of the {{convert|6|e9lb|e6t|abbr=off|order=flip}} of explosives used annually in North America.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Edward M. Green|date=June 2006|title=Explosives regulation in the USA|url=http://www.crowell.com/documents/DOCASSOCFKTYPE_ARTICLES_408.pdf|journal=Industrial Materials|issue=465|page=78|access-date=3 March 2013|archive-date=11 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221011005714/https://www.crowell.com/documents/DOCASSOCFKTYPE_ARTICLES_408.pdf|url-status=dead}}<!--This isn't a peer-reviewed journal, but a trade journal; is {{cite journal}} correct?--></ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2021}} It has found wide use in [[coal mining]], [[quarrying]], metal ore [[mining]], and civil construction in applications where its low cost and ease of use may outweigh the benefits of other explosives, such as water resistance, oxygen balance, higher [[detonation velocity]], or performance in small-diameter columns. ANFO is also widely used in [[Avalanche control|avalanche hazard mitigation]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Cook |first=Melvin A. |title=The Science of Industrial Explosives |publisher=IRECO Chemicals |year=1974 |page=2 |asin=B0000EGDJT}}</ref>

ANFO accounts for an estimated 90% of the {{convert|6|e9lb|e6t|abbr=off|order=flip}} of explosives used annually in North America.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Edward M. Green|date=June 2006|title=Explosives regulation in the USA|url=http://www.crowell.com/documents/DOCASSOCFKTYPE_ARTICLES_408.pdf|journal=Industrial Materials|issue=465|page=78|access-date=3 March 2013}}<!--This isn't a peer-reviewed journal, but a trade journal; is {{cite journal}} correct?--></ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2021}} It has found wide use in [[coal mining]], [[quarrying]], metal ore [[mining]], and civil construction in applications where its low cost and ease of use may outweigh the benefits of other explosives, such as water resistance, oxygen balance, higher [[detonation velocity]], or performance in small-diameter columns. ANFO is also widely used in [[Avalanche control|avalanche hazard mitigation]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Cook |first=Melvin A. |title=The Science of Industrial Explosives |publisher=IRECO Chemicals |year=1974 |page=2 |asin=B0000EGDJT}}</ref>



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